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Municipal Election Day is Februrary 28, 2023

VOTING DAY

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Tuesday, Feb 28, 2023

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VOTING DAY ★★★★ Tuesday, Feb 28, 2023 ★★★★

1st Ward Polling Locations

You must vote at your registered local precinct polling place (check your address) OR one of 51 voting sites across the city.

Your 1st Ward
Early Voting Sites

West Town Branch Chicago Public Library
1615 W Chicago Ave

Located in historic Goldblatts Building

 

Bucktown-Wicker Park Chicago Public Library 1701 N. Milwaukee Ave

In Ward 32, but may be closest for Logan Square and Wicker Park 1st Ward residents

 

Vote By Mail

Mail-In Ballot
Signed & Sealed & Delivered!

  • Request by February 23, 2023

  • Return by Voting Day February 28, 2023

  • Completed ballots can be mailed via USPS at any time through election day, but drop boxes will get your vote counted more quickly.

  • Drop boxes are available at early voting or super sites through election day. (all dropbox locations)

  • Drop boxes are not available at local precinct polling places on election day. Instead, visit an early voting site or an available supersite. You may still vote in person at your local polling place, but you must surrender your mail-in ballot & vote on a new ballot.

  • Did your vote count? Check here to get confirmation your mail in ballot was received and counted.

Ward Boundaries Have Changed

Check Your Address:

Ward Map Questions

  • Starting in May 2023, the 1st Ward boundaries will change. This happens every ten years, after the city council votes on a new map for updated population. The February 28, 2023 election uses the new boundaries.

  • No! Wards are the 50 political sections that make the city council. The 1st Ward boundaries include parts of Wicker Park, Logan Square, West Town, Palmer Square, Ukrainian Village, East Village, Noble Square, and Pulaski Park.

  • You will vote within the new ward boundaries for the city (municipal) elections on Feb 28, 2023, and possible run-off elections on April 5.

  • No, the ward map is drawn by a political process in Chicago City Council.

    Alderman La Spata supports an independent commission to draw ward boundaries, but that proposal did not succeed. The new ward boundaries were voted in May 16, 2022, and take effect in 2023.

  • See this page! Or visit the Chicago Board of Election page for more detail.

More Voting FAQs

  • Yep, Chicago Municipal Elections are February 28, 2023. Voters will vote for Mayor, city council, and possibly other city positions.

    A runoff election will be held April 5, 2023. This triggered when any single candidate does not win 50% of the total vote.

  • Illinois offers same day registration on election day but we encourage you to register before then!

    Search to see if you are registered at your current address here.

    Or register or update your registration information here.

  • You must be a United States Citizen.

    You must be 17 years old on or before the date of the Primary Election and turn 18 on or before the date of the General or Consolidated Election.

    You must live in your election precinct at least 30 days prior to Election Day.

    You must not be serving a sentence of confinement in any penal institution as a result of a conviction.

    You may not claim the right to vote anywhere else.

  • November 30, 2022 – First day to apply to Vote By Mail for the February 28, 2023 Municipal Election.

    January 19, 2023 – First day for Vote By Mail ballots to be mailed to voters.

    February 23, 2023 – Last day for the Board to receive new Vote By Mail applications.

    February 28, 2023 – Last day for postmark on the Ballot Return Envelope if returning by mail. If a voter decides not to return the Vote By Mail ballot, the voter may submit the Vote By Mail ballot to the judges at the precinct and polling place for that voter's home address, and then cast a ballot in person. If the Vote By Mail ballot was lost or did not arrive, the voter may sign a "cancellation of Vote By Mail ballot affidavit" and cast a provisional ballot, also at the precinct and polling place for that voter's home address.

    March 14, 2023 – Last day that a mailed Vote By Mail ballot (postmarked or certified Feb. 28 or earlier) may arrive at the Election Board to be included in the count.

  • Apply to vote early by mail by submitting this form.

    For more details on voting by mail click here.

  • See a sample ballot for the February 28th, 2023 Chicago Municipal Elections here.

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